Outline for the Project Proposal For this course, the purpose of the project proposal is to explore, collect and organize published literature pertaining to the project you will do towards the end of the semester. This has two benefits: one is to get an understanding of the research that has Read more…
The purpose of a GIS project is to encourage students to integrate the knowledge and skills from class to apply a research project or a study of interest. The project must involve GIS analysis Outline for Projects The project in this course is an opportunity for students to use their Read more…
Raster data as spatial layers We are going to look at some different types of raster data today as well as exploring these data in both QGIS and ArcPro. Starting with QGIS Load the crop inventory file Open up the raster file (aci_2019_bc.tif) in the lab4/cropinventory folder in the GEOG204 Read more…
Not points, lines and polygons We have looked at vector data so far in the labs and tutorials. We understand the relationship between these vector layers. We have investigated how vector geometries and attributes can be manipulated through spatial analysis, and now we are going to look at a different Read more…
Working with ArcPro This week’s lab is going to use ArcPro, a world leading GIS software used by industry, government and many commercial companies. ArcPro and QGIS are very similar in how they work and the layout of the software. Starting the software is the same as others, under the Read more…
Online and Take Home This year the midterm for Geog 204 will be a combination of an online synchronous portion and a take home to email later portion. Synchronous portion on Teams The synchronous portion of the exam will take place at the scheduled lecture period of 8:30 Friday October Read more…
The use of Unique IDs to relate census layers In the lab and tutorial we have looked at Census data in the forms of Postal Codes and Dissemination Layers. In lecture we have looked at the small area layers that can be use for analysis such as: Blocks, Dissemination Area, Read more…
Topics: Solving a Problem We have been working toward gaining some understanding of the many aspects of spatial data, and how descriptive information can be linked to these geographical entities. Today we are going to take a break from GIS theory and concentrate on GIS applications. This is where we Read more…
Accessing Dissemination Area stats We are going to download some census data for Dissemination Areas (DA) for BC. This will work for our attribute data for working with DA polygons in the labs and perhaps for student projects. Using Census Analyzer You can connect to the University of Toronto Census Read more…
Guest lecture notes from Dr. Neil Hanlon We will be using several datasets in the course this year. We will spend time getting a deeper understanding of Statistics Canada data ( Census data) in particular. Neil Hanlon is a professor in the Geography program an has presented a primer on Read more…